Replacement Brake pads. Are they mostly all the same? (performance &pad life)

When I get my brakes done (dealer or independent shop) on my vehicles
(Honda and Toyota), I've never questioned and even asked about the
brand of brake pads that they use. Are all replacement pads mostly
equal? Or do some provide better braking or extended life (interval
between pad replacement).
Thanks

"techman41973" > wrote in message
...
> When I get my brakes done (dealer or independent shop) on my vehicles
> (Honda and Toyota), I've never questioned and even asked about the
> brand of brake pads that they use. Are all replacement pads mostly
> equal? Or do some provide better braking or extended life (interval
> between pad replacement).
> Thanks

If you pay for premium pads or shoes, you can get excellent products,
and they DONT have to be OEM Honda and Toyota parts. If you
buy the cheapo crap, you get cheapo crap.

techman41973 > wrote in news:f8e491aa-edc4-4fec-
:

> When I get my brakes done (dealer or independent shop) on my vehicles
> (Honda and Toyota), I've never questioned and even asked about the
> brand of brake pads that they use. Are all replacement pads mostly
> equal? Or do some provide better braking or extended life (interval
> between pad replacement).
> Thanks



OEM always safest. OEM (I confine myself here to Toyota and Honda) is
specifically designed for the characteristics of your car and its braking
system; aftermarket is not.

All brake pads are compromises between several desired and undesired
characteristics. OEM pads are the best all-around compromise for most
people's daily-driving habits n any specific Toyota or Honda.

If you want to experiment with aftermarket, you might or might not stumble
on something that works as well as OEM. Or you might just end up with
something that results in a soft pedal, longer stopping distances, poor
parking brake performance, rusty wheels, squealing, poor fit, blued rotors,
etc...

The dealer will generally use OEM. An independent will generally use
aftermarket unless you specify OEM.


--
Tegger

On 03/14/2010 10:50 AM, Tegger wrote:
> > wrote in news:f8e491aa-edc4-4fec-
> :
>
>> When I get my brakes done (dealer or independent shop) on my vehicles
>> (Honda and Toyota), I've never questioned and even asked about the
>> brand of brake pads that they use. Are all replacement pads mostly
>> equal? Or do some provide better braking or extended life (interval
>> between pad replacement).
>> Thanks
>
>
>
> OEM always safest. OEM (I confine myself here to Toyota and Honda) is
> specifically designed for the characteristics of your car and its braking
> system; aftermarket is not.
>
> All brake pads are compromises between several desired and undesired
> characteristics. OEM pads are the best all-around compromise for most
> people's daily-driving habits n any specific Toyota or Honda.
>
> If you want to experiment with aftermarket, you might or might not stumble
> on something that works as well as OEM. Or you might just end up with
> something that results in a soft pedal, longer stopping distances, poor
> parking brake performance, rusty wheels, squealing, poor fit, blued rotors,
> etc...
>
> The dealer will generally use OEM. An independent will generally use
> aftermarket unless you specify OEM.
>

Note that this is not always true of all mfgrs.

I had some seriously warped brake rotors on my company car a while back,
at what I thought was a shockingly low mileage. Now I didn't get the
car until it'd already had at least two previous drivers, so I suspected
that it'd been driven hard, but the mechanic said that it was a common
problem and mumbled something about "crappy GM pads."

I have Raybestos ceramic pads on my pickup truck and have been perfectly
happy with them so far.

nate

--
replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
http://members.cox.net/njnagel

"Tegger" > wrote in message
...
> techman41973 > wrote in news:f8e491aa-edc4-4fec-
> :
>
>> When I get my brakes done (dealer or independent shop) on my vehicles
>> (Honda and Toyota), I've never questioned and even asked about the
>> brand of brake pads that they use. Are all replacement pads mostly
>> equal? Or do some provide better braking or extended life (interval
>> between pad replacement).
>> Thanks
>
>
>
> OEM always safest. OEM (I confine myself here to Toyota and Honda) is
> specifically designed for the characteristics of your car and its braking
> system; aftermarket is not.
>
> All brake pads are compromises between several desired and undesired
> characteristics. OEM pads are the best all-around compromise for most
> people's daily-driving habits n any specific Toyota or Honda.
>
> If you want to experiment with aftermarket, you might or might not stumble
> on something that works as well as OEM. Or you might just end up with
> something that results in a soft pedal, longer stopping distances, poor
> parking brake performance, rusty wheels, squealing, poor fit, blued
> rotors,
> etc...
>
> The dealer will generally use OEM. An independent will generally use
> aftermarket unless you specify OEM.
>
>
> --
> Tegger

The dealer uses OEM because that is what he is in the business to sell. And
it usually costs several times more than comparable aftermarket.

On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:28:47 -0500, hls > wrote:

>"Tegger" > wrote in message
...
>> techman41973 > wrote in news:f8e491aa-edc4-4fec-
>> :
>>
>>> When I get my brakes done (dealer or independent shop) on my vehicles
>>> (Honda and Toyota), I've never questioned and even asked about the
>>> brand of brake pads that they use. Are all replacement pads mostly
>>> equal? Or do some provide better braking or extended life (interval
>>> between pad replacement).
>>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> OEM always safest. OEM (I confine myself here to Toyota and Honda) is
>> specifically designed for the characteristics of your car and its braking
>> system; aftermarket is not.
>>
>> All brake pads are compromises between several desired and undesired
>> characteristics. OEM pads are the best all-around compromise for most
>> people's daily-driving habits n any specific Toyota or Honda.
>>
>> If you want to experiment with aftermarket, you might or might not stumble
>> on something that works as well as OEM. Or you might just end up with
>> something that results in a soft pedal, longer stopping distances, poor
>> parking brake performance, rusty wheels, squealing, poor fit, blued
>> rotors,
>> etc...
>>
>> The dealer will generally use OEM. An independent will generally use
>> aftermarket unless you specify OEM.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tegger

>The dealer uses OEM because that is what he is in the business to sell. And
>it usually costs several times more than comparable aftermarket.

I've been using quality non-OEM pads for decades. OEM pads are best for
paying the rent and personal at the dealership. They have no magic
quality and quality replacement pads are built to the same
specifications.